Network evening news coverage of environmental risk.

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Greenberg, Michael R [et al.]

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1989Description: 8 pSubject(s):

Subject: Risk as calculated by scientists had little to do with the amount of coverage provided by the three networks' evening news broadcasts. Network evening news coverage tends to reinforce the public's overestimation of most chronic risk issues. The public's conception of risk is almost certainly distorted by television's focus on catastrophes and its dependence on films.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.12 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005276052

Includes bibliographical references

Joint authors: David B. Sachsman, Peter M. Sandman and Kandice L. Salomone

Reprinted from Risk Analysis; 1989; Vol. 9, No. 1; p. 119-126

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Risk as calculated by scientists had little to do with the amount of coverage provided by the three networks' evening news broadcasts. Network evening news coverage tends to reinforce the public's overestimation of most chronic risk issues. The public's conception of risk is almost certainly distorted by television's focus on catastrophes and its dependence on films.

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